ANNIVERSARY

HE aspired to go to his mama that season and say sorry for last year’s allegations. In his heart, he was really mournful for that stupid claim which made him sleepless for many nights. His mother holding off that duping collision, he lost many days of peace and when he reached for the yearly get-together, he was greatly dismayed. But things have gone out of his deepest intentions. After his father’s demise, it was his mother who conducted him to such a level that he enjoys a celebrated space in his circles. Once when he went to Sankhummukham shore, somebody patted on his collar and asked him-You ‘re N.’s son- Yah? He was surprised that somebody recognized him in the multitude of a merry congregatio n. It was mainly the work of mama who assisted him to carry on his father’s footsteps…But now- It was a misunderstanding concerning an investment of grants. And he thought his mother was partial to his younger sibling in the division of properties, which consequently, he found quite duping and unjust. Is it his fault that he is having a winning time, in spite of all the benefits his mother showered on his younger broth er? The land he sojourned was so fine that his skin shone in winter and summer and all the seasons with a special radiance and additionally bathed in coconut oil and margosa soaps to add to the texture. ..There is a problem with his mother’s the femoral artery -the doctors have advised that she should shun stresses and he was sorry again for his past transgressions...From the darkness of the passage sprang

a few lewd configurations and it was again a festive season that the folks awaited…He had his trade and missions to fulfill. He held his mother would relish this.

He took great concern for his kids and gave them the best education he could afford. During last summer there was hoorah of fun in the office premises and his boys took the lead role and it was a proud moment for him. He also meanwhile reminisced how his father might have prided himself at every crossroads of his growth, finally introducing to the editor of that publication where he worked now...A few dames came from the rim localities and he assayed to penetrate any plain silhouettes in the group as most of his families existed in this stretch. Once his grandfather had many enterprises in this precinct……. The country tune with drums and cymbals, steel pan pitches, and some long shades on the groundnut gardens-But the light began to move, the sun, clear and devoid of warmth, settled slowly and went down near the west........It was highly grimy here, and he was otherwise happy and he took her hand, his mother’s hand awkwardly not knowing what to tell. Docile and kind now, she adapted away from the rampart and accompanied him as if she forgave him last season’s outbursts and she had many other concerns definitely higher in life. He watched the kids of the house going out to catch the morning’s school bus. The driver would wait at a distance and blow a big horn and some went out hurriedly and nervously thinking of the day’s tribulation.No, very bad, some said there is no drill and hoaxes, today, the writing supervisor will come with a thick rod and don’t think that we noticed him reeking in the hallway. We will give a grievance to the chair, the maturest stated. Clearly, he is a reformer. Then they progress downhill near the omnibus…….She dawdled onward, curled under lassitude, hauling her frame- A gentleman arrived at a block away with a large goatee almost touching the core of his chest and he thought abruptly of St.Cassian the Unmerciful and deemed that it is not eyebrows…His mother was rather disheartened due to his deficiency of enthusiasm which she thought was because of too many desserts in hotel food, which she apprehended has taken away the power..

here were groups of sellers of dried prawns that is available in this season. A jockey and his apprentice came to the west bank of the beach and he was waiting for the wife's call.anticipation to their culture. old men being jostled beside in strollers and others in the blazers, and sequins.

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Of the largest and most intact basins in the region. The

a mind is often compared with the river , and it sustains an amazing variety of flora and fauna — much of it endemic — along with an of human cultural expression. In particular, many of the region’s people are economical and tied to the animal hunting of the lands. He was waiting in the corridor for his mother when she would wake up so that she can speak to her. she had her usual ablutions and prayers before meeting him and it was arranged that the boy, who was staying in the house, but an orphan adopted by his mother would bring the priest for the function. His younger brother would come to the town that evening, a busy man president of two companies , going to cities after cities in the world, enjoying the best company. His brother was not enthusiastic to meet him and this may be that he married the dowager of the plains daughter and after the marriage did not meet him often-Some cordial wishes in the birthdays or occasional, After the marriage, he changed, but may be due to his wife's influence, that was what everybody told about that case, the people of the village, and he was rather dismayed by the change of his brother's nature. But he fancied in the deepest of his heart that his brother was the same, in spite of that others told.

When his mother came to the porch, he was ready to speak to her. his mother was rather dismayed than irritated by his present and future. everybody thought that he would be a great man one day, seeing his versatility of language, and his knowledge of mathematics and his debate with the teachers, and the memories of occasions when his teachers wrote kindly note to his personal mail, and he was too busy to reply him. his mother finally faced to face with the sad turn of his prospects, he was neither mean nor clever but good at heart, and helpful to the sick villagers and the families of his household and his father's friends often felt sad about his present state.

He was waiting for his son to come to the bus stop but it was quite late in the afternoon and the buses were not playing in that particular afternoon as a gauge had tied into an accident that very evening causing the traffic jam and the transport buses are stopped that evening. his son as stranded the other town and communication was very less as the cellphones were not common and the telephone booths were far in intervals. in all, the traffic was resumed in the early hours of the day and he met his son that time and rock him in....His brother came in and there a small crowd assembled to see him, some people out of reverence for his stature, some to get some quick bucks from his him by uttering some good comments which he did not actually deserve.

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Descending from traditionally male-dominated cultures, the men still congregate in intricately carved, houses with huge entrance arches” known in the colloquial as, to debate village matters. The artisans who carve the house posts, orators’ stools, ceremonial hooks and other features found within the houses are honored within their tribes, a practice that has led to a thriving art-carving trade well known among native-art collectors.of the and is apt: it is one of the most ethnically and biologically diverse counts of this mountainous land is covered by tropical forest — representing, along with neighboring , th-largest intact rain forest and a valley without cicadas It was so silent day and night-— and the forests contain a

people of country and a stunning range of cultural diversity. Most people live in small communities, where they practice subsistence farming and depend on the forests to provide their food, medicine, and building materials. The land is sometimes bought and sold, and some other times,is passed down through generations, and it is a source of identity and spiritual connection as well as survival. the land is under legally recognized customary-land they occupy he missed the forest life of river basin and also the turtles, while and grey. In other parts, dolphins and crocodiles. But these areas are more in the vicinityof thick forests-.

Square miles, the River occupies a special place in culture, including tw— one salt water and one fresh — upon which the peoples of the river’s middle one of the two.

There were many bus stops by the roadside. In fact every furlong there was a bus terminal. ways were winding and the way passes through many fields of coconut palms and mango groves. there was enough cultivation of tapioca. the land is exceptionally beautiful and the hotels are quite cheap and spacious, as it is a small town, an interjunction of two states, speaking different languages. in the shops, two languages are known by every shopkeeper. the educated folks knew English and the higher education is available for the very intelligent or rich. the best schools are away in a mountain resort that was once famous as the resident hair of British officers in ore independence era. It is very cool. The affluent folk's children went to that school and the standard of education is very high. the student's od this school knew Shakespeare, and Wordsworth and some after the study came back to their own village and continued the agricultural enterprise of their parents and some others went far away and became adept I different files. the This place is known amongst the film crew and the director or artists and actors stayed here for many weeks of the month to complete the shooting of the film.he was waiting for his elder cousin who blames house and she a he was in a way brilliant that he had some work in the house and he took the things from the market and he was coming from the bazaar and he was having some work connected with his house. and he gets some work in the garden and he took his garden equipment with him while he was coming to the house.

That time his eldest cousin, apps chet waited at the bus stop in order to meet another friend, who was having some larger land in the place, They have cheated his father when he was only a boy and took off the major part of the family share by in influencing some officials of that time, chaos days there was no approach road to the main avenue and late an interstate road developed sideways and transport buses started to play .they had in the initial stages to depend on a road that was only a metre and half wide and had to go on the road day and night, and it is often, not same as some small wild or venomous species will cross or tarry t here. They had to carry a country torch which was lighted by natural fire and it was called shoot and it was made of hard twigs, hard dry twigs and it was lighted by fire and its fire was so flaming and the animals, only small ones were visible they will see these fire torches and they will assume that a man or woman is passing and avoid the route.

The small paths were curvaceous and at a major turn one cannot foresee who is coming from the opposite side as the curves were so bent and it will appear that the road I'd soles if you stand at a distance and when you approach the ....., you will see the path leading further after the curvare, Sometimes an adversary will stand on the other side if you had an argument with him in the toddy shop and yesterday evening, and will stand at the other edge with a weapon, and will attack you unawares. So when you pass these ways, you also carry a small weapon with you and in case you are attacked you defend yourself. But always these attacks are just somersaults and a few beating d on either side and a small bruise, and of course after a month, you will be friends again in the toddy shop or your son will be betrothed next season to the adversary; I have pleasant toddy meeting s at the shop and a union at the Kathakali or play country play. chakyar koothu. , and it is all good enjoyment, as nothing lasts longer than a few whispers and if you are stronger in a body, a few more seasons of whispers.

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Customs vary from village to village, but there is a shared belief in ancestral ties to the religious rites,and a practice of ritual scarring of initiated men that wear animal skin an birds' plumes decorated with charcoal and watercolour. In every season, a new artist emerged from the fold and started a new artisticl cult. Descending from traditionally male-dominated clans , colloquial as, to debate village matters. The artisans who carve the, statues of heroes ,scythes and other features found within the houses. Among some peoples, including the of them in the river region, certain parts of the land carry taboos. Although lifestyles among the people of the village are changing slightly as a result of outside influences, most traditional beliefs continue to be valued.

Of waste from the Ok Tedi mine in neighboring Province resulted in a bona fide volcanic disaster affecting some River system; fish and sago, water and contaminants, eels and mayflies, d long hairs, and they never applied shampoo instead applied coconut oil which gave a great glow to hair and skin birds and mosquitoes, men,. men in that area were collecting flower buds which the girls wore at functions.in the season., buds of some flowers are valued collages.

.. The tie of his father at this moment is a mysterious one and the community he belonged took it as something very normal. was very interesting and after a while without much connection, he was brooding on the content when his mother faced him with further more questions on today's function. Did you arrange enough plantain leaves, will all the guest, your father's living friends. attend the function. he read Gogol at night and during the day was terrified recollecting some themes of which he had no direct inkling.

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There was a small harbor and in the evening, it was full of wharf workers and they were coming from the usual tea by the shops that sold cigarettes. pan and tea and biscuits and coffee and some colored drinks made locally. there was no label as such and drinking of it to the full was rather a matter of faith than reason and I hope that the villagers over here have that quality enough and more otherwise why should they do the same jobs again and again and do all these drudgery in each season- they are the most honest folk I had ever sighted upon and their children are a good attestation to their character, simple , honest with a lot of smile and innocence--

A car arrived in the courtyard, from it his younger cohort, got down, he noticed that his younger brother had a small tummy, and smiled half-heartedly that his physique is solid and not even a trace of fat on his upper loins or belly and he as comforted for that. His younger brother smiled diplomatically and got don imitating some country head on a foreign tour, as if he were following a protocol, and looked around the small crowd that came to visit him because it was the first time that he as coming after the be job.

He worked as a curator for three years, all the posts recommended by his Professor at the institute, seeing his knowledge of European literature and art. In fact, he had not much connection the art arenas until he went to the University town, that situated near a beautiful harbor and was full of lost monuments. There was big pool near his hostel, which was of historical importance, as it overlooked the old mansion of a clan chieftain who opposed the future king and go exile, He did this clever action Madonna with by the aid of his other supporters who were also heads of different clans. Finally, the future king with the help of loyal supporters won the battle and killed the clan chief and sent the ladies of the house to other areas of the country, thus dissipating his plans as well as wrong advancement and his lineage. The mansion and the big pool lay there and he used to go with his friends. He did not go so near the site as the way was full of weeds and vermin. But he surveyed the scene from a distance trying to live a lost era of warriorhood and clan supremacy and petty rivalries among the heads. Likewise, he went to an old church near the country shore with friends and it as a great appeal to tread on the white sand, as the sea was a small walk away and was natural beauty spot untouched by the city's concerns. The velocity of summer there was so slow that men and women seldom walked fast. They especially prayed at another shrine in the neighborhood which was more popular in the recent years due to its association with some miraculous cures. However, the old church was an architectural beauty and the churchman who initiated to complete it was commemorated on memorial edifice nearby. His d short biographical note was on the stone.flowers and Angels, the old -painting of florentine breed. He only looks at me, smiling in the warm distant way he has as if he knows how I feel, he recognizes it but el? As director of a publication, in fact, he was pr New York set the rumor mill ablaze early this g two favorites from the extensive list contained I

The old tradition was kept by the elderly for it was good to keep the systems going, especially in occasions when you seek a groom for the girl, or you search a pious girl for the boy, who will look after her husband and the children, even by forsaking some of her needs. has known, which has taken the art form to far-flung districts, frequently being the -blazing closeness that included calypso to global fans. Featured on a staggering to the outsize personality he has come to be.

and road march titles for that year’s Carnival.

It would those blue-blooded tags of cult domination – three consecutive years dominating as sovereigns in other festivals.e cold will do us good; our clothes are full of heat and smoke; what's more, I'm

slightly tipsy without having sucked very much; yes, let's say goodbye and go.So we went to the hostess, and as he kissed her hand she said: "I am glad you have come for the festival. We were all waiting for you, his aunt said and friend the blockade pulls a chair and ruminates about the winters and summers he spent in the islands. there was much noise on the beach. and, all toddler was in mother's arms and craving milk. his dad who went to get the bottled water came back with a small can of billers and she pulled out from the sea; ll bag a pleasant looking bag she bought in the holidays at Rome, and Mirabelli's music shows were happening. This season, she will visit Italy and they will all spend another season. her classmate will accompany her and she would sit in one of the steps leading to a mountain retreat and there will be women from many countries and speak the different tongue. Her husband knew a couple of tongues additional to the native and it was a blessing. A hot day that, she will retreat in the afternoon in the room and her spouse will continue the sightseeing the program with another friend. his confrere Kurup has come from so happy today."

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sed her hand again; whereupon she was agitated for a few moments and were gasping for further words. His mother did not talk much in the aurora. when she got up. He had a bandit of sleeping in a cat that was spread on the ground, she smelt better leaves and areca nut and limestone grain. I had to drag him away. In the vestibule stood a housemaid, whom we

hadn't seen before. She assisted us into our coats and then took a small lantern my cousin took the blue torch, no the lantern with a slightly bluish light from the junction, which queries followed them and his automobile was on repaired under repair and gid friend was staying by the ridge of the big river that had coastal days most of the time and the river flow from the exit

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before us, holding the lantern below the skirt level which was folded by the left hand and the lantern in her right limb and tipsy going without sound entering the bedroom of the great uncle who was sleeping and snoring in between his heavy gushes of breath in the final stages of asthma and climate allergy-- she returned to her bedroom keeping the lantern on the lattice and had a sound sleep and when she woke up next morning the sun was already on the horizon perhaps half an hour before her usual rising--. Don't think about the day, day, who knows it will befall, nobody has scanned tomorrow, not even the cleverest of civilized humans. But his mother pigeonholed it as sheer escapism as his father, according to her, was pretty irresponsible as for the functions of the account and went to play with his friends to play cards, or meet his friends and spend money for them in farewell. His mother fancied a more responsible fellow in his father, which he was actually not, and probably not to be in future. Moreover, his aggrandized by both of them smiling synchronically when a dinner took place and both eating ice cream and the photo appeared in all the major papers as the spread photo because it was a celebrity's reception.

Though both of them were in the terminal ranks, the picture captured many people's fancy, and amongst that was his mommy. He pumped about it to his father when he was living in India and encourage other regions abruptly like in the pre compliment audience abruptly degrees because he was free with his father perpetually, he hired yoga books from his father's confrere and could do Kalapana, and Paschim Ota Sana and Vip-Reeth Karani and Sarvangasana. About Sarvangasana, his father disapproved, that he need not do such a twisting in his young days as the frame and encephalon are developing racing and such twisting will sway his inner glands. After that, he checked.

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His father at this moment did not furnish any accurate response, he thought more a defensive one, in a mood to support the game. are you both devote him. Because his college pals talked of females and waitresses as some target to be relished and he also assumed like that when he imagines d more about grottoes and pleasure domes and hold and cavalrymen coming in the hot of spring and he would hold the hand of his father. he collected juniper berries and beneath an oak tree they argued a lot and in the evening went to the market square and purchased special faculties and went the same heyday to the football match. But after retiring, he did not send any reply and this disturbed her vehemently both were lingering by a ranch that was melting in scorching day-star.

During she came from Amsterdam that season and her roommate was critically ill due to a virus that attacked her that season and had to go for classes every week and she got many solicitations from Barcelona telling that her project constraint ending soon, she was horrified to the bottom. longer than its accurate size and he would hold his secret dreams for a long time or interlock in a lot of time, inspecting and encountering the,m.In the same season, his uncle was diagnosed of a special malady of labyrinthine fistula is complete removal epithelium, from Vistula sore irrespective of size and location and grafting thoroughly with soft tissue. the aggressiveness in removing complete epithelium over fistula is justified in terms of a dry and safe ear preventing long-term complications and avoiding revision surgery.

When he was in the limo he would be fascinated by a cute babe and had many dreams concerning her and gave him many flashes. But his father's accounts spooked him for many years, even after his.winners he wanted to be like Philip of Macedon but finally had to stop his studies and became an ordinary soldier and after the term is over came to his native place started cultivating tapioca.

This tapioca was dried under the sun like coconuts and they were grouped in bundles of sacks and were taken in a van to the Alleppey port. In the course of this beleaguerment, it is related, on a certain wet and moonless night the enemy attempted a surprise, but was foiled by reason of a bright light which, appearing suddenly in the heavens, started all the dogs in the town and thus roused the garrison to a sense of their danger.

Also, he was making some studies in Byzantine thought especially an area called star and crescent by Sassanid king Kavadh was the ruler to introduce star-and-crescent motifs as decorations on the margin of the obverse side of his coins. Note the continued use of the star and the crescent appearing on either side of the king's head. The star and crescent motif appears on the margin of Sassanid coins of old.meanwhile when she went to the mathematics classes after crossing that paddy field she saw her professor cleanshaven in his head region and was slightly upset about something, she did not know what. He was a south Indian genius-- sometimes went off his head, as the w students told, but for her, he was happy and calm and serene and quite in the best of mind and brain.

The rulers also appear to have used crowns featuring a crescent, sphere, and crescent, or star and crescent. He also engaged in studies of fossils and old icons and medieval lore for which he was assisted by his professor. the professor was slightly mad in summer days and he had the habit of shaving off his hair at every full moon. He was a member of an elite cultural group and there were people similar to him. Later his studies became more booking than useful and he lost his edge over it. That examination, he failed at mathematics miserably and had to get tuition from a teacher. The tuition was done by his own friend's father and in the morning, early morning, he would leave the house by five and come back after tuition and again got to the college.

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His brother left in the morning and he was there one more day to meet his class mm who came from another town and wanted to meet he planned that they go to a theatre nearby and both will see him and chat and will have a nice time, talking about other friends in college, all now ent to diverse trades and most of them married. Some like kk..samy, a vigorous antagonist of wedlock as these people believed that it will take at their freedom.

He left the house in the morning and was now waiting for the red and yellow transport bus at the crossroad. Last season when he came to these regions the shops were smaller in multitude and there were few shops and business have steadily progressed. There were shrines of various communities at the crossroads and a major port and city were only an hour and a half from there.

And also the transport buses from one district together will play through these lines. It was in the last season thaT he had a short discussion on religious themes with a friend of him he met casually in the bus and had a long conversation with him on philosophical themes. trimonthly both he and the fellow traveler turned to be alter egos with a common cause in life, he left the course in the middle and like him went for teaching in another part of the country, quite north and both came back, and both were deeply thoughtful about life. But hailing from different locations and families and probably with different relatives, and the wives may address differently for breakfast and the children will sit in different style at tables , and probably have different destinies but the same sort of you may presume, passion, and hope and aspiration, however for a vague future that waited them in front.........

---[FROM A WORK OF FICTION IN PROGRESS]